Rumney Primary
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
446
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils Pupil Level Annual School Census
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the Pupil Level Annual School Census collected by the Welsh Government. The data tells us where pupils lived at the time of the last Pupil Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The areas from which pupils are admitted to a school can change from year to year to reflect the number of siblings and pupils admitted under high priority admissions criteria.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Full Report
NATIONAL AVG. 2.17
Estyn Report
(01/03/2024)
Full Report - All Reports
PRI

Teacher assessment data for primary schools is not published at school or local authority level by the Welsh government. Parents can view individual school websites for the Key Stage 2 (age 11) subject level results for pupils in Reading, Writing, Maths and Grammar Punctuation & Spelling (GPS)

21.6:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
91.1%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
MORE INFO
23.5%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
Wentloog Road
Rumney
Cardiff
CF3 3HD
02920 791345

School Description

This is a caring, nurturing school where the pupils feel safe and secure. Most pupils are polite and courteous, and many work well with their peers. They behave respectfully towards others, and the adults in the school. There is comprehensive provision for the pupils with additional learning needs (ALN), who make sound progress from their starting points as a result, for example in the Year 1 nurture provision. There are pockets of strong, inspiring teaching. For example, in the youngest classes, pupils develop their sense of curiosity and exploration well, because the provision is engaging and interesting. Pupils contribute their views to what and how they learn. In Year 6, pupils think maturely about the history and culture of South Africa, for example to discuss and understand apartheid. However, in too many lessons across the school, teaching is not well paced, or matched closely enough to the pupils’ needs. Where this happens, the pupils do not make the progress they could or should, because the teachers’ expectations are not high enough. The headteacher has identified these shortcomings during her time at the school and is beginning to bring about improvements. However, it is too early to see the impact of these improvements in consistently strong classroom practice. There is a whole-school culture of reading that supports most pupils to make good progress in learning to read and enjoy books. The new curriculum includes relevant, exciting topics that capture the pupils’ interests. However, currently the provision is not structured well enough to ensure that all pupils acquire their skills systematically. For example, as they move through the school, pupils do not make enough progress in learning the Welsh language or developing their digital skills. In addition, over time, senior leaders have not demonstrated the capacity to ensure that teaching supports all pupils to achieve their best.

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